ASTER Global Emissivity Dataset Monthly 0.05 degree NetCDF4

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Global Emissivity Dataset (GED) is a collection of monthly files (see known issues for gaps) for each year of global emissivity. The ASTER GED data products are generated for 2000 - 2015 using the ASTER Temperature Emissivity Separation (TES) algorithm atmospheric correction method. This algorithm method uses Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Atmospheric Profiles product [MOD07](http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MOD07_L2/index.html) and the MODTRAN 5.2 radiative transfer model along with the snow cover data from the standard monthly MODIS/Terra snow cover monthly global 0.05 degree product [MOD10CM](http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/modis_v5/mod10cm_modis_terra_snow_monthly_global_0.05deg_cmg.gd.html), and vegetation information from the MODIS monthly gridded NDVI product [MOD13C2](https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/dataset_discovery/modis/modis_products_table/mod13c2). ASTER GED Monthly V004 data products are offered in both Hierarchical Data Format 5 (.HDF5) and Network Common Data Form 4 (.NetCDF4) formats.
The ASTER GED Monthly V004 files are scheduled to be delivered around the first quarter of the next Calendar year (January - March). For example, 2015 monthly files should be delivered and made available during the first quarter of Calendar year 2016.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, developed the ASTER GED product.

Additional ASTER GED product information is available at https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/dataset_discovery/community/community_products_table. Product tiles are available in HDF5 and NetCD formats and may be downloaded via HTTP by visiting the following data clients: NASA Reverb (http://reverb.echo.nasa.gov), LP DAAC Data Pool (http://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/ASTT/), Earthdata Search Client (https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/) or EarthExplorer (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov).